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Coronavirus Part II - Its arrived - We're Doomed!!! See OP for Mod warnings

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  • #242
    Mr Flicky
    Site Banned Posts: 23 ✭Mr Flicky


    The Slovakian prime minister has now contracted it and it’s been covered up as pneumonia


  • #243
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    all about the mane wrote: »
    Couldn’t be bothered reading back. You have absolutely no idea what the poster was suffering with.

    If you can't be bothered then don't bother asking then.


  • #244
    CBear1993
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭CBear1993


    This has the Chinese written all over this.

    They created this, and will rise again out of the ashes, it’s exactly the publicity it needed for its economy, when a lot of the world are becoming less dependent on production from China.

    Call me a conspiracist, but they are the most ruthless of the ruthless out there. Their pockets and beliefs go above human life every single time.


  • #245
    beejee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    I envisage the hammer coming down on china this time. One way or another. Long overdue.


  • #246
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,111 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    wylo wrote: »
    So I am not suggesting we change our actions and stop taking it seriously, but I am suggesting we stop panicking and being too dramatic about this.

    Few points - this is affecting the elderly badly, add in underlying conditions and you are ripe to die from it - still thousands in serious or critical condition. Not to mention ongoing issues resulting from having had the virus

    Secondly no one knows if this going to mutate to a worse strain - if you believe the Iran figures then half the worlds population could be dead this time next year.

    Too many unknown with a new virus to take anything too lightly and say but the flu...


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  • #247
    CBear1993
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭CBear1993


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Few points - this is affecting the elderly badly, add in underlying conditions and you are ripe to die from it - still thousands in serious or critical condition. Not to mention ongoing issues resulting from having had the virus

    Secondly no one knows if this going to mutate to a worse strain - if you believe the Iran figures then half the worlds population could be dead this time next year.

    Too many unknown with a new virus to take anything too lightly and say but the flu...

    What’s coming out of Iran? A lot worse than what’s reported?


  • #248
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    wylo wrote: »
    Ok, time for some perspective. Taking away very elderly, people on their death beds and people who were very sick already with serious pre-existing conditions then the danger of this disease is proving to not be insanely dramatic at all.

    Taking into account 800/900 people died in France last June due to heatwaves, mostly of the same category as above , but we didn’t panic because we understood exactly what happened and why.

    The damage psychologically that this is doing is what’s giving it it’s most potency. The adult generation now come from a generation who have access to news, media, have seen lots of doomsday movies but are also a lot more knowledgable about disease spread.

    So I am not suggesting we change our actions and stop taking it seriously, but I am suggesting we stop panicking and being too dramatic about this.

    Nobody is panicking. Its a discussion forum. Making preparations isn't panic.


  • #249
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    josip wrote: »
    Would be one of the easier regions to close off from a logistical perspective given the relative paucity of entry points to it for its size.
    But a logistical nightmare if it happened, both for the amount of stuff that's produced there and trucked/railed/shipped out, and for the stuff that's transported through either north south or east west.
    Very hard to avoid that region when traveling across southern Europe.

    Aye we've had China down for nearly a month too, this is what is going to hit us hard after the first wave of thinking about the virus itself. Even if it is mild, this kind of economic event is unprecedented, any history/economics buffs got a comparison in terms of short sharp shock?

    Just have to hope it is revealed to be mild as quickly as possible now that its outside of China.


  • #250
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    CBear1993 wrote: »
    This has the Chinese written all over this.

    They created this, and will rise again out of the ashes, it’s exactly the publicity it needed for its economy, when a lot of the world are becoming less dependent on production from China.

    Call me a conspiracist, but they are the most ruthless of the ruthless out there. Their pockets and beliefs go above human life every single time.

    Conspiracist.


  • #251
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,111 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    CBear1993 wrote: »
    What’s coming out of Iran? A lot worse than what’s reported?

    61 confirmed - 14 dead - official figures - 23% CFR
    And rumours lot more dead and people dying shortly after showing symptoms - but you can blame Dr Campbell for that rumour (the guy that deals in facts)


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  • #252
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,074 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Nobody is panicking. Its a discussion forum. Making preparations isn't panic.

    Panicking is wearing a sandwich board saying the end is nigh.


  • #253
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    Panicking is wearing a sandwich board saying the end is nigh.

    Ah...now I want a sandwich...


  • #254
    wylo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,214 ✭✭✭wylo


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Nobody is panicking. Its a discussion forum. Making preparations isn't panic.


    ....

    “Secondly no one knows if this going to mutate to a worse strain - if you believe the Iran figures then half the worlds population could be dead this time next year.”

    Not saying that’s panic in and of itself but it certainly would induce it!


  • #255
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    fritzelly wrote: »
    61 confirmed - 14 dead - official figures - 23% CFR
    And rumours lot more dead and people dying shortly after showing symptoms - but you can blame Dr Campbell for that rumour (the guy that deals in facts)

    I actually believe the final figure in Wuhan will be closer to 20% dead than 2%


  • #256
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2, are both relevant names for this virus?


  • #257
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,111 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    I actually believe the final figure in Wuhan will be closer to 20% dead than 2%

    Even at the current 4% it's still pretty much devastating


  • #258
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,111 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2, are both relevant names for this virus?

    Both or Disease X


  • #259
    markodaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,309 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1231628184766033920/pu/vid/640x368/IqvgHgI8JA_5Mtne.mp4

    The Chinese dont mess around


  • #260
    givyjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,287 ✭✭✭givyjoe


    markodaly wrote: »
    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1231628184766033920/pu/vid/640x368/IqvgHgI8JA_5Mtne.mp4

    The Chinese dont mess around

    It's a drill / warning to citizens.


  • #261
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,111 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    markodaly wrote: »
    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1231628184766033920/pu/vid/640x368/IqvgHgI8JA_5Mtne.mp4

    The Chinese dont mess around

    That looks very staged - and what's with the butterfly trap?


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  • #262
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    markodaly wrote: »
    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1231628184766033920/pu/vid/640x368/IqvgHgI8JA_5Mtne.mp4

    The Chinese dont mess around

    Apparently they're drills.


  • #263
    CBear1993
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭CBear1993


    markodaly wrote: »
    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1231628184766033920/pu/vid/640x368/IqvgHgI8JA_5Mtne.mp4

    The Chinese dont mess around

    Christ that is absolutely mental. What a video. Like something out of a disaster movie


  • #264
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,111 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    If this is disease X, where are diseases I to IX?

    Ask Microsoft what happened to Windows 9

    It's meant to signify an unknown serious risk to human health


  • #265
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    CBear1993 wrote: »
    Christ that is absolutely mental. What a video. Like something out of a disaster movie

    It's a staged practice exercise.


  • #266
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    darjeeling wrote: »
    According to HSE flu reports, one of the highest prevalence flu strains we had over winter was an A H3N2 type, and that is associated with higher disease severity, hospitalisation and mortality.

    I had it in early December, and whilst sitting at home nursing a fever and a grudge against whoever gave it to me, I actually read the weekly HSE & UK flu reports to see what I'd got. Because that's the kind of person I am, I know.

    I believe that was one of the attenuated strains included in the Flu jab for this year

    I presumed you didnt get the flu vaccine for this year?


  • #267
    Pintman Paddy Losty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Pintman Paddy Losty


    Am I the only one who thinks this whole thing is totally overblown??

    Like seriously a few thousand sick in China is nothing really? There's what, 1.7bn people there. That's barely a drop in the ocean. A handful in Italy are sick and you can count on your hand how many died?? Normal flu does that.

    It's getting ridiculous. One of my employees was on holiday in Thailand and is was sick after. He's refusing to come to work now. It's such drama.


  • #268
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Now.. you should be washing your hands for long enough to sing twinkle twinkle Little Star according to yer man on Claire Byrne.

    Prof. Luke O'Neill.

    Said normal soap should be suffice. Wash regularly though.


  • #269
    CBear1993
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭CBear1993


    You couldn’t make the reports coming out of Iran up. There’s still flights to and from China; meanwhile all their neighbors have closed borders etc.
    they’re blaming Trump and the US.
    No doubt soon it will be something to do with Allah.
    Pure and utter ignorant pigs.
    The city of Qom where all the cases are remains open, it receives 22.5m visitors each year as it’s the site of religious places of worship, visitors are still streaming through the city.

    Little regard for life in some parts of the world. Astounding.


  • #270
    touts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,667 ✭✭✭touts


    markodaly wrote: »
    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1231628184766033920/pu/vid/640x368/IqvgHgI8JA_5Mtne.mp4

    The Chinese dont mess around

    Simon Harris just ordered 200 butterfly nets on Wish and went to bed happy.


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  • #271
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

    Like seriously a few thousand sick in China is nothing really?

    You must be the only enlightened one who believes that.


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